Cuff-holder.



'PATENTED MAYZfi, 1903. J. L. HAVLIN. I CUFF HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1902.

no MODEL.

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Patented May 26, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. HAVLIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 729,337, dated May 25, 1903. Application filed Julyv 21, 1902. Serial No. 116,393. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. HAVLIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cliff- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cuff-holders, such as are employed for the attachment of the cuffs to the wristbands of shirts; and the object of the invention is to provide a holder of this character of a simple and inexpensive nature capable of convenient use for holding the cuffs in place and also of such a nature as to permit of using ordinary cuffs in connection with link cuffbuttons.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction, combination, and arrangement of the improved cuff-holding means, whereby certain important advantages are attained and thedevice is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use, all as-will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my improvements, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the wristband and adjacent portions of a shirt-sleeve provided with a cuff-holding means; constructed according to my invention; and Fig. 2 is an elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the wristband being shown provided with buttons arranged in position for wear. Fig. 3 is a view showing the wrist portion of the shirt-sleeve provided with a cuff held thereon by the improved cuff-holding means, said cuff being of the ordinary kind and being so held by the improved holding. means as to present the appearance of a link-cuff being worn with a linkbutton. Fig. a is an enlarged sectional detail view taken through the wrist portion of the shirt-sleeve and through the cuff at the cuff-holding means in the plane indicated by the line a a in Fig. 2. Fig'. 5 is a fragmentary view, somewhat similar to Fig. 4, but showing in elevation a modified construction of the improved cuff-holding means.

As shown in the views, 1 indicates the por- '3, adapted when the ends of the band are lapped one upon the other to receive a shirt-button, as indicated at 7 in Figs. 2 and 4.,whereby the wristband may be secured about the wrist of the wearer.

That end of the'wristband 2 which is designed to be lapped outside of the other in securing the band about the wrist of the wearer is provided with a tab or projection 4, extended from its end edge in line with the buttonholes 3, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, and said tab 4 is adaptedwhen the wristband is secured by means of the button 7 to be lapped over upon the outer surface of the other endportion of the wristband,as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4., and is provided with a buttonhole 5, alined with the buttonholes 3 3 in the end portions of the wristband and adapted when said tab or projection 4 is so lapped upon the outer surface of the opposite end portion of the wristband to correspond with another buttonhole 6, formed in the end portion of the wristband, over which said tab or project-ion 4 is lapped.

When the wristband is secured by means of a button, as 7, passed through thebuttonholes 3 in the wristband, as indicated in Figs.

2 and at, the tab-or projection 1 upon the outer lapped end thereof will be lapped over upon the outer surface of the opposite end portion of the wristband, so that the 'buttonhole 5 in said tab or projection will come in alinement with the buttonhole 6 in said end portion, and

when the parts are in this position another shirt-button 8 is to be passed through said buttonholes 5 and 6, as indicated in Figs. 2 and l, the construction being such that the two buttons 7 and 8 will be'spaced apart slightly, as clearly shown in the drawings. The button 8 when passed through the buttonholes 5 and (3 serves to hold the tab or projection 4 upon that end portion of the wristband over which it is lapped, so that the tab or projection is not in the way when no cuff is worn. When the parts are adjusted in this position, a cuff 9 may be attached to the wristband by means of the buttons 7 and S, and said cuff may be of the ordinary construction, as shown in Fig. 3, having plain end edges adapted as commonly worn to be lapped one upon the other and secured at the front edge of the cuff by means of a button the shank of which is passed through the lapped end portions of the cuff. \Vhen such a cuff is worn in connection with my improved cuff-holding means, however, its rear edge portion will be held to the wristband 2 of the shirt by means of the buttons 7 and 8, which are to be passed through the rear buttonholes 11 ll of the cuff, and when so secured to the wristband the end edges of the cuff will be held apart from each other, as shown in Figs: 3 and i, so that the forward edge portion of the cuff may have its end edges spaced apart from each other in convenientrelation for receiving a link cufibutton, as indicated at 10 in Fig. 3, thus imparting to the cuff the appearance of a link-cuff such as is commonly usedfor wear with link-buttons.

Link-cuffs, such as are especially designed for wear with link-buttons, are formed with a projecting tab extended from the rear part of one of the end edges of each cuff and adapted to be lapped over upon the other end edge portion of the cuif, the lapped parts of the cuif being formed with buttonholes through which a shirt-button may be passed for holding the cuff to the wristband and for holding the end edges of the cuff separated, so that a link-button may be readily inserted. Cuffs constructed in this way are not capable of being reversed, however, and when worn and soiled at their front edges cannot be turned around, as can ordinary cuffs, for the reason that the projecting tab interferes with the use of the rear edge of the cuff in connection with an ordinary or link cuff-button. By means of my improved cuff-holding means, however, ordinary cuffs are made capable of use in connection with either link or ordinary cuif-buttons and at the same time all the advantages of convenience and economy attendant upon the reversing of the cuff to secure the use of a fresh clean edge when the front edge is soiled are preserved, so that the device is made very desirable for use.

From the above description of the improved cuff-holding means it will be seen that the device is of avery simple and inexpensive nature and is especially well adapted for use, since it is formed as an integral part of the shirtwristband, and so is not detachable and in no danger of becoming lost or mislaid. Also since no metallic parts are used there is no liability of staining either the shirt or cuff. It will also be obvious from the above description that the device is capable of some modification without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do notwish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several parts of the device as herein set forth. For example, in some cases the construction shown in Fig. 5 may be desirable. In this construction the tab or projection 4 upon the outside lapped edge portion of the wristband 2 is formed in two plies 12 12, between which the corresponding end edge portion of the cuff 9 is held by means of the button 8.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A shirt, the wristband of which has end portions adapted to he lapped and provided with buttonholes adapted to correspond,when said end portions are lapped, for the passage of a shirt-button, one end portion being provided with a tab or projection extended from its end edge in line with its buttonhole, and said tab or projection being provided with a buttonhole spaced away from the first-named buttonholes when the end port-ions are lapped and adapted for the passage of a second shirtbutton, substantially as set forth.

2. A wristband for shirts having end portions adapted to be lapped one upon the other for the attachment of the wristband about the wrist of a wearer, said end portions bein gprovided with buttonholes arranged to correspond for the passage of a shirt-button when the end portions are lapped and one of the end portions being formed with a tab or projection extended from it in line with said buttonholes, in which tab or projection is formed a second buttonhole, said tab or projection being adapted to be lapped outside the other end portion, and said other end portion of the wristband being also formed with a second buttonhole arranged, when the end portions of the wristband -are lapped, to correspond with the buttonhole in said tab or projection for the passage of a second shirt-button, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 17th day of July, 1902.

JOHN L. HAVLIN.

Witnesses:

ALFRED ll. SINGER, JoHN ELIAS J ONES. 

